↓

Dianne L. Durante

Writing addict and adept

Home Menu ↓
Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Home
  • Books & essays
    • Art
      • Sculpture
        • Innovators in Sculpture (Kindle)
      • Painting
      • Literature (Fiction, Drama, Poetry)
      • Music and Opera
      • Movies, TV, Photography
      • How to go from a gut reaction to thinking about art – and why bother?
      • Abstract art = non-art
      • Book recommendations for kids
      • Music and toys for kids
    • History, politics, technology, business
    • Writing, copywriting, & publishing
      • Versaquill Copywriting Workbook
      • Notes on Self-Publishing
      • Step-by-Step Kindle Publishing
    • Fearless Foreign Foods
      • Fearless Foreign Foods: Cayman Islands
      • Fearless Foreign Foods: Jamaica
      • Fearless Foreign Foods: Poland
      • Fearless Foreign Foods: Yucatan (including Cancun and Cozumel)
  • Sunday Recommendations and Patreon
  • Central Park: Early Images
    • Central Park: Images through 1860
    • Central Park: The Early Years images, 1861-1865
    • Central Park: Images 1866-1870
  • Tours in NYC
    • Innovators in Sculpture; Innovators in Painting Tours by Dianne L. Durante
    • Alexander Hamilton: A Friend to America (NYC tour by Dianne L. Durante)
    • Central Park: The Early Years Tour by Dianne L. Durante)
    • Jagiello to Sherman Tour by Dianne L. Durante
    • Sims to Straus Tour by Dianne L. Durante
    • Washington Square Walking Tour by Dianne L. Durante
    • Financial District Sculpture Sculpture Tour by Dianne L. Durante)
    • Battery Park and the World Trade Center Sculpture Tour by Dianne L. Durante)
  • About
    • Ayn Rand’s Esthetics
    • Testimonials
    • Contact
Home→Tags Morgan Library

Tag Archives: Morgan Library

Looking at Drawings: An Introduction (2)

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Dianne L. DuranteApril 5, 2018

The first part of this essay includes an introduction and a section on drawings for study. 2nd type of drawing: Drawings as studies for paintings Susanna and the Elders, ca. 1607-1608 Around 1607, Rubens began work on a painting of … Continue reading →

Posted in Painting | Tagged Drawings, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Morgan Library

Looking at Drawings: An Introduction (1)

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Dianne L. DuranteApril 5, 2018

This essay was written in 2005, when the Metropolitan Museum of Art had a wonderful exhibition of drawings by Peter Paul Rubens. That one’s long gone, but if you’re in New York City between September 29, 2017 and January 7, … Continue reading →

Posted in Painting | Tagged Drawings, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Morgan Library
© 2019 - Dianne L. Durante Proudly powered by WordPress  Weaver II by WP Weaver
↑